Russia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential federation
- CONSTITUTION
- December 12, 1993
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral; Federation Council (Soviet Federatsii) and State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; the Federation Council appoints judges for life, on the recommendation of the Head of State
RELIGIONS
15-20% Russian Orthodox; 10-15% Muslims; 2% Christians
From the country
- APRIL 15, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission rejected an attempt by the European Union to urge Russia to prevent executions, torture and other human rights abuses in war-torn Chechnya
- APRIL 13, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma's deputy speaker Lyubov Sliska of the pro-president...
The Duma's deputy speaker Lyubov Sliska of the pro-president United Russia party, spoke out in favour of capital punishment for those found guilty of terrorism
- APRIL 8, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is committed to abolishing the death penalty as a member of the Council of Europe (since February 28, 1996).
Russia is committed to abolishing the death penalty as a member of the Council of Europe (since February 28, 1996).
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 25, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in...
Vladimir Lukin, the commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation, said that Russia should ratify a Council of Europe protocol that forbade capital punishment
- MARCH 12, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman...
It was announced that Yelena Timchenko, a Russian woman sentenced to death in China in March 2002 for drugs trafficking, could have her punishment eased
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Senior Deputy Speaker of the Russian State Duma Lyubov...
Senior Deputy Speaker of the Russian State Duma Lyubov Sliska said she thought the moratorium on the death penalty would be abolished, but not soon
- FEBRUARY 17, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's Criminal Code should not be applicable to...
Russia's Criminal Code should not be applicable to terrorists and "they must be placed outside the law" and executed on the spot, the deputy speaker of Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, and the co-chairman of Rodina bloc Dmitry Rogozin s
- FEBRUARY 10, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional...
Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional and linked to the current events and Russia's international commitments, heads of Duma committees said
- DECEMBER 28, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights group asked the Russian...
An international human rights group asked the Russian prosecutor-general not to extradite three Tajik nationals arrested by Russian security forces earlier in 2003
- DECEMBER 16, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, in an interview...
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, in an interview with the Vremya novostei daily, said that the Iraqis themselves should judge Saddam and decide his fate, as an internation tribunal for Iraq does not exist
- DECEMBER 11, 2003RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Ella Pamfilova, head of the presidential human rights...
Ella Pamfilova, head of the presidential human rights commission, declared her opposition to lifting Russia's moratorium on capital punishment